books.google.com - Svat Soucek's book offers a short and accessible introduction to the history of Inner Asia. The narrative, which begins with the arrival of Islam, charts the rise and fall of the different dynasties right up to the Russian conquest. Dynastic tables and maps augment and elucidate the text. The contemporary...http://books.google.com/books/about/A_History_of_Inner_Asia.html?id=7E8gYYcHuk8C&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareA History of Inner Asia